Alaska, Hawaiʻi and the US Pacific
St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Lands
Gambell and Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, Alaska, United States; close relatives live on the Chukchi Peninsula across the Bering Strait
Countries United States
Facts 2
Language
St. Lawrence Island Yupik is almost the same language as the one spoken just across the Bering Strait, at the tip of Siberia's Chukchi Peninsula.
Source: Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Languages - Siberian Yupik (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
The Alaska Native Language Center reports that children in Gambell and Savoonga learn St. Lawrence Island Yupik as the first language of the home.
Source: Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Languages - Siberian Yupik (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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